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7-5-417. Challenge of absentee votes.
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7-5-417. Challenge of absentee votes.
(a) When the name and voting precinct of a voter is read by the election official, any candidate or qualified poll watcher pursuant to § 7-5-312 may challenge the vote in the manner provided by law for personal voting challenges, and the election officials shall consider the ballot as a provisional ballot.
(b) If the statement is not in proper form or for any other legal reason the vote should not be counted, the ballot shall not be counted and shall be preserved together with the statement and envelope for the same period of time that the statements are preserved.
(c) If the county board of election commissioners determines that the provisional voter is qualified and that the vote was properly cast, the vote shall be counted.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-5-417
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7-5-417. Challenge of absentee votes.
(a) When the name and voting precinct of a voter is read by the election official, any candidate or qualified poll watcher pursuant to § 7-5-312 may challenge the vote in the manner provided by law for personal voting challenges, and the election officials shall consider the ballot as a provisional ballot.
(b) If the statement is not in proper form or for any other legal reason the vote should not be counted, the ballot shall not be counted and shall be preserved together with the statement and envelope for the same period of time that the statements are preserved.
(c) If the county board of election commissioners determines that the provisional voter is qualified and that the vote was properly cast, the vote shall be counted.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
7-5-312. Challenge of voter's ballot by poll watchers, candidates, or designees.
(a) Poll watchers shall include any:
(1) Candidate in person, but only during the counting and tabulation of ballots and the processing of absentee ballots;
(2) Authorized representative of a candidate;
(3) Authorized representative of a group seeking the passage or defeat of a measure on the ballot; and
(4) Authorized representative of a political party with a candidate on the ballot.
(b) Each candidate, group, or party may have at any given time during the election, including early voting:
(1) One (1) authorized representative present at any one (1) time at each location within a polling site where voters identify themselves to election officials, so as to observe and ascertain the identity of those persons presenting themselves to vote for the purpose of challenging voters; and
(2) One (1) authorized representative present at any one (1) time at each location within the absentee ballot processing site where absentee ballots are processed, so as to observe and ascertain the identity of absentee voters for the purpose of challenging any absentee vote.
(c) In accordance with §§ 7-5-316, 7-5-413, 7-5-416, 7-5-527, and 7-5-615, a candidate in person or an authorized representative of a candidate or political party may be present at a polling site, central counting location, and absentee ballot counting location for the purpose of witnessing the counting of ballots by election officials and determining whether ballots are fairly and accurately counted.
(d) The document designating and authorizing a representative of a candidate, a representative of a group seeking the passage or defeat of a measure on the ballot, and a representative of a political party with a candidate on
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-5-312
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 7-5-312. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.